Then, Let Them Offer Their Loyalty! Chapter 1651 - 683: It Couldn't Have Been Qiu Tu Who Killed the Heavenly Gods, Right?

And... finally chose a method with the least cost, absolutely no risk of falling, and one that's extremely difficult for any Divine King to see through.

Thinking this, Qiu Tu couldn't help recalling the rules he'd set for the "Order Space."

The first rule he established was: Within the Order Space, all Eighth Rank beings cannot be possessed.

This was the least costly rule Qiu Tu discovered for expelling Divine King powers in those three hours.

This rule, since it didn't directly oppose the Divine Kings, but instead went at the descended bodies, "treating" them, consumed very little power.

According to the rules of divine descent, Gods and their vessels are connected via "faith channels," so when the Divine Kings are expelled from their possessed bodies, their consciousness is instantly bounced back to the main body.

In this way, Qiu Tu can strip away the power the Divine Kings bestowed upon their clones without a fight!

Moreover, and more importantly... since the Divine Kings' consciousnesses are bounced straight back to their true bodies and cannot remain on the battlefield, they simply cannot know what happens afterwards on the field, nor intervene in the combat.

Thus, Qiu Tu could use this opportunity to set a second rule: to annihilate the three descended vessels.

Compared to expelling the Divine Kings' consciousnesses, the price of killing three Eighth Rank Evil Gods was much smaller for Qiu Tu.

So after paying with six Peak Eighth Rank "Boundless Divine Crystals," Qiu Tu stopped paying any more.

And it was precisely this combo that allowed Qiu Tu to accomplish the feat of instantly killing three Divine King clones before everyone's eyes!

And there was another key to this plan: Qiu Tu's actions were so fast, so stealthy, and his power was so weak, that the Divine Kings very likely couldn't even tell what happened.

And since even they aren't clear on how they fell, chances are they won't dare trouble the two of them again any time soon.

This would buy even more time for Zhao Ji!

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Meanwhile, in the Northern Kingdom.

Inside a castle built entirely of ice sculptures, the master of the castle suddenly flung open his eyes.

His brows knitted with doubt; clearly, he couldn't understand what had just happened.

Just moments ago he'd been fighting Doris, and then suddenly... darkness blanketed his eyes, and when he came to, he was already back in his main body.

And when he tried to sense that clone, he found the link to it had been severed.

Even more troubling... he realized his descended clone had fallen....

'Could it be... there was an expert hidden on the battlefield? One strike instantly took out my clone?'

At that very moment, as the North Divine King pondered, the ornate piece of wood in his hand abruptly grew scorching hot.

This was the communication channel between Divine Kings.

Thinking this, the North Divine King placed the wooden token on the table; the next second, the East Divine King and West Divine King appeared together.

Seeing the two, North Divine King suddenly had a suspicion: could it be... their clones fell too?

With these thoughts, North Divine King probed East Divine King and West Divine King.

The result was exactly as he'd expected. The other two Divine Kings had met with the same fate—instantly killed, their consciousness forcibly bounced back to the true body.

Moreover! All three fell almost simultaneously!

'All three Heavenly God-class clones insta-killed in one move? Who could have done this?'

'Was it Doris? She doesn't have that kind of power, does she?'

'Or the ever-uncooperative Southern Divine King's true body arriving? That doesn't seem likely....'

'It can't possibly be Qiu Tu, right? How could he, with only early Eighth Rank strength, pull off such a feat?'

With so few clues, the three Divine Kings were actually unable to deduce who the assailant was.

So, their expressions all instantly grew grim and shadowed.

Even the three Divine Kings were baffled by what had happened; and the various factions probing for intel after the battle clearly weren't any wiser.

They only knew that today, four Heavenly God-level experts had clashed there.

They were, in fact, three Divine King clones and Doris. After that, the three clones of the Divine Kings fell, and Doris remained unscathed.

'Could it be... Doris could actually hold her own against all three, and even counter-kill them?'

The instant this idea arose, all the factions swiftly dismissed it.

After all... if Doris really had that power, she wouldn't have been trapped by North Divine King in the tiny "Crimson Territory" all these years.

But... if it wasn't Doris, then who?

Thus, as the intel was scrutinized, Qiu Tu's figure once again entered their sights....

'It couldn't be... Qiu Tu's doing, could it?'

So it was that, as the "Crimson Territory" became the focus of the entire "Boundless Heart Sea," and everyone wondered who'd taken out the three Divine King clones, time rushed by. In a blink, a day had passed.

Second night, deep into midnight. Northeast Region.

A pillar of light shot skyward! The beam was golden, radiating limitless might!

Just from feeling that aura, it was as if it had already surpassed the Eighth Rank and reached the Heavenly God Realm! That aura, that dominance was on par with those four towering light beams from a few days before!

At that instant, everyone in the "Boundless Heart Sea" Edge Region, including Eighth Rank experts from Divine Countries bordering the "Edge Region," involuntarily turned their gaze towards it.

This included Qiu Tu....

For that was unmistakably the aura of Zhao Ji advancing....

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